{"id":90060,"date":"2025-10-19T05:56:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T05:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/90060\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T05:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T05:56:08","slug":"no-kings-protests-against-trump-take-place-across-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/90060\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No Kings\u2019 protests against Trump take place across US"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thousands of people are expected to gather across America for \u201cNo Kings\u201d demonstrations against the direction of the country under Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

The president\u2019s Republican Party has called the protests \u201cHate America\u201d rallies.<\/p>\n

They rallied with signs like \u201cNothing is more patriotic than protesting\u201d or \u201cResist Fascism,\u201d and in many places, it looked more like a street party.<\/p>\n

There were marching bands, a huge banner with the US Constitution\u2019s \u201cWe The People\u201d, preamble that people could sign, and protesters in frog costumes, which have emerged as a sign of resistance in Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n

This is America. I disagree with their politics \u2014 but I don\u2019t believe that they don\u2019t love this country. I believe they are misguided. I think they are power hungry<\/p>\n

Brian Reymann<\/p>\n

This is the third mass mobilisation since Mr Trump\u2019s return to the White House and comes against the backdrop of a US government shutdown that has not only closed federal programmes and services, but is testing the core balance of power as an aggressive executive confronts congress and the courts in ways that organisers warn are a slide towards authoritarianism.<\/p>\n

Demonstrators packed places like New York City\u2019s Times Square, the historic Boston Commons, Chicago\u2019s Grant Park, Washington, DC, and hundreds of smaller public spaces.<\/p>\n

Many protesters were especially angered by attacks on their motives.<\/p>\n

In Washington, Brian Reymann said being called a terrorist all week by Republicans was \u201cpathetic\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is America. I disagree with their politics \u2014 but I don\u2019t believe that they don\u2019t love this country. I believe they are misguided. I think they are power hungry,\u201d Mr Reymann said, carrying a large American flag.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump himself is away from Washington at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida.<\/p>\n

Trump wants to DOUBLE Argentina’s bailout to $40 billion to save his political ally.<\/p>\n

Yet he is doing nothing to prevent 15 million Americans from losing their health care and 20 million from seeing a doubling in their premiums.<\/p>\n

Is this what Trump\u00a0means by America first?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sen. Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) October 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThey say they\u2019re referring to me as a king. I\u2019m not a king,\u201d Mr Trump said in a Fox News interview that aired before he departed for a one million-dollars-per-plate Maga Inc fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n

Protests are expected nearby on Saturday.<\/p>\n

While large crowds attended protests earlier this year against Elon Musk\u2019s cuts in spring, then to counter Mr Trump\u2019s military parade in June, organisers say this demonstration is building a more unified opposition movement.<\/p>\n

Top Democrats such as senate leader Chuck Schumer and Independent senator Bernie Sanders are joining in what organisers view as an antidote to Mr Trump\u2019s actions, from the administration\u2019s clampdown on free speech to its military-style immigration raids.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no greater threat to an authoritarian regime than patriotic people-power,\u201d said Ezra Levin, a co-founder of Indivisible, which is among the key organisers.<\/p>\n

As Republicans and the White House dismiss the protests as a rally of radicals, Mr Levin said their own sign-up numbers are growing.<\/p>\n

\"DonaldMr Trump is currently at his Mar-a-Lago resort (AP)\n<\/p>\n

More than 2,600 rallies are planned in cities large and small, organised by hundreds of coalition partners. They said rallies are being planned within a one-hour drive for most Americans.<\/p>\n

Overseas, a few hundred Americans already gathered in Madrid to chant slogans and hold signs at a protest organized by Democrats Abroad, with similar rallies planned in other major European cities.<\/p>\n

Republicans have sought to portray participants in Saturday\u2019s rallies as far outside the mainstream of American politics, and a main reason for the prolonged government shutdown, now in its 18th day.<\/p>\n

From the White House to Capitol Hill, Republican leaders disparaged the rallygoers as \u201ccommunists\u201d and \u201cMarxists\u201d.<\/p>\n

They say Democratic leaders, including Mr Schumer, are beholden to the far-left flank and willing to keep the government shut down to appease those liberal forces.<\/p>\n

Now we know Saturday\u2019s events are actually funded by Soros, and sponsored by the Communist Party USA, among other far Left and communist groups. <\/p>\n

How could there any more appropriate nickname than the \u201cHate America Rally?\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/bqxrTR1b1k<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) October 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI encourage you to watch \u2013 we call it the Hate America rally \u2014 that will happen Saturday,\u201d said House Speaker Mike Johnson.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s see who shows up for that,\u201d Mr Johnson added, listing groups including \u201cantifa types\u201d, people who \u201chate capitalism\u201d and \u201cMarxists in full display\u201d.<\/p>\n

Democrats have refused to vote on legislation that would reopen the government as they demand funding for health care. Republicans say they are willing to discuss the issue later, only after the government reopens.<\/p>\n

But for many Democrats, the government closure is also a way to stand up to Mr Trump, and try to push the presidency back to its place in the US system as a co-equal branch of government.<\/p>\n

In a Facebook post, Mr Sanders of Vermont, himself a former presidential contender, said, \u201cIt\u2019s a love America rally.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a rally of millions of people all over this country who believe in our Constitution, who believe in American freedom and are not going to let you and Donald Trump turn this country into an authoritarian society.\u201d<\/p>\n